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ecqui

any?

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Where it lives

Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 9.12/10k
Stichus 3 · 4.83/10k
Pro Fonteio 2 · 4.41/10k
Rudens 5 · 4.21/10k
Pro P. Sulla 3 · 3.22/10k
De Imperio Cn. Pompei Ad Quirites 2 · 3/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Pseudolus 3 · 2.71/10k
Asinaria 2 · 2.48/10k
Pro P. Sestio 4 · 2.38/10k
Eunuchus 2 · 1.84/10k
De Inventione 6 · 1.81/10k

Densest 12 of 56 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ecqui — de Vaan

ecqui 'any?' (PL+), ecquid 'is it true that? whether' (PL+), ecquis 'is there anyone who?' (PI.+). '> ^ Pit. *ek + *ke. It cognates: Sabellic *ek(e)~ in Pael. ecuc, O. ek(iik) , U. eso [nom.sgX] 'this' < *afo, *eka [nom.acc], *ekso, -a [obi.]. A combination of PIE *h1e- 'he' (see s.v. is, eoy id) extended by means of *£, plus *-fe (see s.v. -ce). Originally, the Italic combination *ek(e) was uninflected; it became … — [de Vaan, s.v. ecqui, p. 199]

2. ecqui — Lewis & Short

ecqui, ecquae, or ecqua (cf. Zumpt ad ecquod (

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 11, § 25, and v. aliqui),

I gen. is not in use), pron. interr. adj. [ec, cf. ecce, and qui], Is there any one who? Any? in impassioned interrogation, i. q. num qui, quae (qua) quod.

I Prop. (with a subst.; class.): ecqui pudor est? ecquae religio, Verres? ecqui metus? Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8; cf. id. Sest. 52.—In the fem.: ecquae, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 1; id. Stich. 2, 2, 42; Cic. Ac. 2, 26 fin.; id. Att. 8, 12, 4; Ov. H. 16, 341; but: ecqua, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 83; id. Men. 1, 2, 86; id. Mil. 3, 1, 199; Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 15; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24 fin.; id. Att. 7, 8, 4; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin. (thrice); Verg. A. 3, 341 al.: rus Sunii ecquod haberem, Ter. Eun. 3, 3, 13; so, ecquod, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 57; id. Inv. 2, 12 fin.; Liv. 1, 9; Ov. P. 3, 1, 3 al.: ecquem trapezitam, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 62; so, ecquem, id. Poen. 5, 2, 84; id. Rud. 1, 2, 37; 2, 2, 7 al.; Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 6; cf. ecquam, Plaut. Epid. 3, 4, 5; id. Mil. 3, 1, 187; id. Merc. 2, 3, 56 al.: ecquas, id. Ps. 1, 5, 69: ecqui silices, Ov. P. 4, 10, 3.—With suffixed nam: Ecquaenam origo, Lucr. 5, 1211: accessio, Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67: ecquodnam curriculum, id. Brut. 6, 22: ecquonam modo, ecquonam loco, id. Part. 14.—*

II Without a subst.: quis cenā poscit? ecqui poscit prandio? Does any one bid a breakfast? Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 69.

3. ecqui — Lewis & Short

ecqui, adv.; see the foll. art. II. B.

In the wild

Ecquem Plautus, Rudens 4.3
ecqui Cicero, Pro P. Sestio 110.p2
ecquae Cicero, Letters to Atticus 7.12.6
ecquae Cicero, Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino 92
ecquod Cicero, Pro P. Sulla 72
ecquae Plautus, Stichus 2.2

6 of 124 attestations shown.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ecqui (scan p. 199; entry #466). Root candidates: *h1e-.

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